More news – Page 444
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NewsWork stopped on two thirds of cladding remediation projects
Work has restarted at 14% of projects
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NewsInfrastructure must be delivered faster, transport secretary tells construction
Grant Shapps says building more quickly must be the norm after pandemic is over
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NewsMore housebuilders open sales offices and unfurlough staff
Moves follow government decision to relax restrictions on house sales earlier this week
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NewsCity’s first virtual planning committee approves Eric Parry tower
50 Fenchurch Street was criticised by Historic Royal Palaces for impact on Tower of London
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FeaturesThis week’s restart to the housing market is not a return to normality
The good news is showhomes and sales office can now reopen, but the route to recovery is still far from certain
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CommentMental Health Awareness Week should be cancelled
If we treated mental wellbeing as seriously as physical safety we would not need to draw attention to the problem, sadly that is not the case
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CommentHow Taylor Wimpey got back on site
Chief executive Pete Redfern explains how the housebuilder has adapted its sites to maintain social distancing
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FeaturesCoronavirus update for construction: 14 May
Build UK’s update the industry amid the covid-19 outbreak
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NewsLockdown sees housebuilder’s profit tumble
Countryside’s results show impact of pandemic after just one week of lockdown
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NewsPersimmon to reopen sales offices
Housebuilder says its construction sites were running at 65% last week
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NewsIndustry rallies round to donate £1m of PPE to NHS frontline
Contractors Appeal has collected more than 250,000 items
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NewsInterserve and Bam latest firms to suffer cyber attacks
Hacks follow those on Bouygues and Zaha Hadid
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NewsFormer military hospital overhauled to support covid-19 crisis
Headley Court transformed in 35 days to provide coronavirus rehabilitation centre
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CommentHow other countries are reopening construction
Others around the world have come out of lockdown ahead of the UK, Gleeds chair Richard Steer looks at what we can learn about returning to work
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NewsContractors can keep sites open until 9pm as government floats idea of 24 hour working
Housing secretary tells councils told not to stand in way of requests for longer working hours
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NewsConstruction shrinks by a record amount in March as covid-19 sends economy into reverse
Sector fell by 5.9% during the month
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FeaturesCoronavirus update for construction: 13 May
Build UK’s update the industry amid the covid-19 outbreak